Image 263, seventh book, folio 139a, five unnumbered receipts
| Mrs Ofields receit* for the kings | ||||
| evell*{*] .fo.139 | ||||
| Take halfe a pint of sallet oyle a qaurter of a pound of | ||||
| whit lead and a quarter of a pound of castlesoap* boyl | ||||
| them together till it come to the thicknesse of a salve, with | ||||
| with this annoynt the place affected if it be not broken | ||||
| Iff it be broken you may wash it with warme vergese* | ||||
| and anoynt it with neats foot oyle*, but be sure it be | ||||
| freash without any salt whilst you a ply ether of these | ||||
| you must take a watter to keep your body solluble | ||||
| The purging drinke | ||||
| Take a quarter of a pound of french barly and set it on | ||||
| on the fier with water and let it boyle a little then pour | ||||
| a way that watter and put |
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| more and an ounce of licorishe sliced annisseeds on spoon | ||||
| full, sliced figgs half a pound boyle these together and mixe | ||||
| with it some mell rosarom* to sweeten it; | ||||
| They must forbeare |
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| stuffing meate | ||||
| Mrs Dormers receits for an | ||||
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| Take elecampaine seeth it in creame and an | ||||
| oynt with it, or seeth the roots of elecampane | ||||
| in butter and milke; and when they be mellow | ||||
| and sod to pape*, then temper** some salt a | ||||
| mongst it and use it | ||||
| for a dry Itch | ||||
| Take som egs put out the whites and yelks | ||||
| cleane, set the shels in some cole* place where | ||||
| no dust cometh to them, and ther will | ||||
| gather a watter in the shels, which you must | ||||
| put in a glase and anoynt the itch with it | ||||
| another for the itch | ||||
| or sore head | ||||
| take Turpintine.2.ounces and wash it well | ||||
| with watter, fresh butter one ounce washt well | ||||
| half an ounce of salt finly powderd on oring* | ||||
| beaten all to peeces and wrong out hard the | ||||
| yelke of.3.new layd egs, oyle of roses half a |
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| nounce*, temper them altogether by a soft fire and | ||||
| a noynt the itch or |
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Transcribed by JM and CW